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gibingus, thanks for the contrib to this thread.
I figure it's sufficiently thought provoking to justify itself. That is a separate and more significant issue than my own musings on the various subjects within its boundaries.
My sense of new management theory, which I've had some experience with, is that it is a fascinating illusory shell superimposed on hierarchical systems to give the impression that they are somehow not hierarchical. In some way it demonstrates the trend we've discussed here (at least roachboy and I have discussed it at some length) regarding the near invisibility of certain control systems and the increasing tendency toward fictitious "freedom" as an additional control layer.
Self-awareness is not self loathing. I know what I loathe about the various disciplines I'm involved in - not much really. My rhetoric tends toward the dramatic, as I'm aware. I've decided it would be less interesting if that were not the case. But that's just an opinion based on some observation.
Certain kinds of knowledge are powerful, that's true. The knowledge of the principles of programming human perception is the one I've pursued through academia and through practice. That's why I focus on media. The relationship between media and politics is a natural extension of my interest in the results of programming human perception.
Having some concern regarding the nature and place of quality in all this seems reasonable to me - this in response to your final paragraph.
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